Meta data with included header

[dtommy79]

Hi,

I'm creating a new website and I'm using the PHP include function with my header to reuse it on new pages.

My problem is, if I use it like this on new pages:

PHP Code:

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

then my title, meta description and meta keywords will be the same since those are fixed in the header.php file.

So when i create a new page using the include function, how can I use title and meta data that is relevant to that page? I want these data to be different on each page.

Thanks

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Just put the typical parts of the header in the include and leave the title and meta data tags out of it.

If your header include includes the start of the web page, then I guess you need 2 head type includes, above the title and meta data and one for after them.

[JohnnyS]

You can declare a title,meta_keys,meta_desc variables before including the header.php, just like this...

PHP Code:

<?php 
$title = "Page 1 title";
$meta_keys = "key1,key2,key3";
$meta_desc = "Page 1 description";
include("header.php");
?>

now in your header.php you need to echo those variables to their respective html tags..

header.php

PHP Code:

...

<title><?php echo $title; ?></title>
<meta name="keywords" content="<?php echo $meta_keys ; ?>" />
<meta name="description" content="<?php echo $meta_desc ; ?>" />

...

[dtommy79]

Thanks.